St. Patrick’s Day brings a full slate of action across the NHL, giving bettors plenty to work with as the regular season enters its final stretch. With playoff races tightening and teams battling for position, Tuesday’s matchups carry added urgency — often translating into value at the betting window. Here are tonight’s best bets brought to you by BetOnline.ag. Click here to join. All new players get a 50% welcome bonus and up to $250 in free bets.
First Pick: Vegas Golden Knights Moneyline
Rundown: The Buffalo Sabres (41-20-6) look to make it 10 wins in their last 11 games as they head to T-Mobile Arena for a Tuesday night showdown with the Vegas Golden Knights (31-22-14) in a pivotal cross-conference matchup.
Entering play tonight, there is not a hotter team in hockey than the Buffalo Sabres. Since losing 7-4 to Calgary back on Dec. 8 and falling to 11-14-4 on the season, Buffalo has turned the page — rattling off 30 wins in their last 38 contests. Coming into Tuesday's matchup, Buffalo sits just two points back of the top spot in the Eastern Conference (Carolina, 90). Tage Thompson continues to impress in the offensive zone, leading the team in goals with 34 this season.
As for Vegas, the Golden Knights have started the four-game home stand strong, rattling off back-to-back convincing victories over Pittsburgh and Chicago. This matchup will prove to be key for Vegas as they sit just one point back of the Pacific Division lead behind the Anaheim Ducks. With the end of the regular season less than a month away, every game is crucial.
Vegas is poised to slow down a red-hot Sabres team looking to come away with an impressive road win. Expect Vegas to ride the home crowd and knock off a premier Eastern Conference opponent.
Second Pick: Over 6.5 Goals
Rundown: Macklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks (32-27-6) visit the Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers (33-26-9) in a high-stakes Pacific Conference battle at Rogers Place.
This matchup has massive implications on the Western Conference playoff picture. On San Jose's side, a win over Edmonton and a loss by Seattle to Tampa Bay would thrust the Sharks into the eighth and final playoff spot with less than a month remaining in the regular season. As for Edmonton, they are searching to maintain pace in a crowded Pacific Division with first place up for grabs. A win combined with a Vegas loss to Buffalo would insert Edmonton into a tie atop the division with the Anaheim Ducks at 77 points apiece. This matchup pits two dynamic offenses who have combined to average 6.61 goals per game this season. McDavid lead the NHL in points with 114 and currently owns the fourth-shortest odds to win the MVP award at +850.
With playoff positioning at stake and two high-flying offenses on display, expect this game to exceed the goal total.
